A Taste of the Fall

I walked outside the house today and I felt the slightest brush of fall. I welcoming feeling that I've been longing for as I wait for it to blow the humid days away. The feeling will only get stronger as I travel to Kentucky to visit, a much needed trip home. Even as I sit at my desk bundled in my jacket, thanks to whoever likes the thermostat so low, I cling to the feeling of fall and the hopes of next week to keep me pushing along.

The past few weeks have been rough ones for me... with loss prevalent in my brain. I am old enough to understand we lose those we love when the time comes for God to call them home, but that doesn't mean I have to like it. I sit here and calculate all the missed visits knowing there is nothing I can do to change it now.

Still I must push forward and wrap myself in the wonderful embrace of fall and all her new possibilities. I'm excited for a new season that brings a change to the days that seem so routine. Thank you fall, thank you changing leaves, thank you Little Debbie Pumpkin Treats... it's so nice to see you again.